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[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] shmusie:
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. You seem to be a helpful sort of person. I am sorry to be so dense but I have no idea what those things are. Is there a place where I can, sort of begin from scratch to learn all about these things or can you please fully explain what I need to do here?

I get that yo said that what you are offering is what I already have. What I don't understand is what exactly what to look for. I do know that if I install the wrong thing, I can brick my device. What I don't know if how to find what I am looking for. I already tried it in the search box-that's how I got to your thread.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] connexion2005:
This is honestly a very tough section as the P500 is a rare unit that has little to no development. You are in the right sub-forum but finding any mods for your unit may not be possible at this time unfortunately.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] jamice4u:
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! You can root with Kingo root and make modifications with xposed. I just have been so busy with work.

I will flash this when I have time. Now I can be more risky with flashing because I can now go back to stock ROM.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] meresis:
Hello, I know its been almost a year, but I tried to flash this ROM and get stuck after the tab reboots with the message "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE", is there anything I can do to restore the tab (I did not do any backup).

Thanks a bunch
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] connexion2005:
Do you have the Sprint model? If so, try re-downloading it and flashing again. Afterwards, perform a factory data reset.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] meresis:
The tab comes from China but in the options i've seen SPH-P500 so I supposed it was a model made for Sprint.

I did flash again and reset factory but nothing changed.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] connexion2005:
That is definitely unusual though the fact it came from China. This likely is NOT the right firmware for your model. The back of the unit should have the model number. See what it says...
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] meresis:
Indeed the back says P5110 ... Chinese devices ... Thanks a lot ! :good:
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] wmatheney:
P500

Wow!! I made a mistake!! I bought this tab to have some fun rooting and installing custom roms. I should have checked the forums first to see if there was any support. Thanks for what you've provided here. I'm going to at least try to root and install xposed.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] FluffyMittens:
I have a sprint gtab2 10.1 that's out of contract, so i'm willing to start working on things if needed.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] gongora:
if we no longer need to use the Sprint data can we flash a SPH-P5100 rom for wifi only ?
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] mlburgoon:
resurrecting an old thread. Need to find the original firmware for sph-p500. This appears to be it, but I can't find or get the password to the .rar file. I can't find the firmware anywhere else after a TON of google searches. any help appreciated in either getting the password to the .rar file, or a different place to download the firmware.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] connexion2005:
Hey there, password is in the OP.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] thaifani:
Password on the archive is: www.mobiletechvideos.com
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] chilejim:
Finally able to unbrick my Sprint Tab2

Thanks to thaifani for the password. I had bought two Sprint Galaxy Tab2 10.1 Samsungs - my wife used hers for looking at Turkish soap operas ("The Sultan" in particular) and at one of the sites offering episodes her Tab2 got infected with malware that would play sounds if you tried to run anything) I could not get rid of via factory reset or any other means, and tried quite a bit although didn't have much experience with Android.

The KIES tar file in this thread's download (once I got the password), along with Odin 3.07 and Samsung USB 1.5.55 drivers (if memory serves) all running on Windows 7 on a Vaio laptop did the trick. I also

installed and ran adb.exe with option -l to recognize Tab2 and prove the USB drivers were doing their thing.

I had never used ODIN before so saw several Youtube videos on related stuff in order to feel confident it would work. ODIN with this KIES factory PDA worked flawlessly - the only issues as such were that I had to disconnect and reconnect the Tab2 USB a couple of times until Microsoft decided to load the driver, but once adb came back seeing the device ODIN had no problem recognizing it. I also had a little problem getting the power + VolDown and power + VolUp sequences to get me into ODIN, and later to get me into the android boot page that offered factory reset & wipe as was recommended in the instructions. Other than that, it ended up much easier & trouble free than I expected!

Again, many thanks to everyone especially thaifani for answering my plea of help that I made two years ago - I had given up hope and kudos for thaifani for answering even after so long a time - it saved my tablet and my wife will be happy (but I prohibited her from seeing Turkish soap operas on it!)

Thanks Again!! Android rules (although I am no great fan of Google in general)
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] connexion2005:
The password is in the OP. Just FYI. [emoji16]
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] Chess123:
Password on the archive is: mobile tech videos com

Website not working does anybody know the password?
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] iris3th:
I'm also looking for any usable rom apart from stock. I have an sph-p500 which is technically the same as sgh-i497 but found no roms at all. any help appreciated. all rom links are broken. I know the device is pretty old but I don't want to shred it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] iris3th:
@Android-Andi I saw your github repos, great job with resurrecting / keeping alive these old devices. Do you happen to have any roms for

Samsung SCH-I915 for Verizon

Samsung SGH-T779 for T-Mobile

Samsung SGH-I497 for AT&T

Samsung SPH-P500 for Sprint

these are the same device in terms of tech parameters. A friend of mine has 25 of them and I'd like to help him resurrecting them with a new(ish) android.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] barbe31:
These are the same devices, but totally different SoC than P5100 (snapdragon S4+ vs TiOMAP 4430) so that means your only hope is to build your own custom rom.
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] iris3th:
well, even with over 20 years of linux background not sure I can do that... simply have no experience. If you may have an usable howto for newbies, I'd appreciate. I read a few but none of those were detailed enough
[Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Android Development] barbe31:
Sorry, I'd like to help but I have no experience in rom building. You have to ask somebody else (and I would be interested to get the answer)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ih8unot:
Ok so I know I'm a little Gear Giddy at the moment but something is bothering me. I was wondering if anyone else has seen tablet talk in Gear Manager as an available app shortcut. It was there before and now it's gone.. Now the same shortcut is available as a widget in Nova Launcher. Is there a way to add applications to GM so they are selectable as an app?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] say170:
Hi folks,

I can't post at the end of this thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822447&page=46, so I have to create one here... sorry...

Has anyone got NFC working on original vanilla CM10.1.3 (4.2.2)? I've tried plain old 10.1.3 and RC2, with the V8 patch from the thread, but although I have a menu option, it won't read any tags. I've also tried with the Dorimanx 9.43 kernel and still nothing is doing.

It used to work fine with my original Orange 4.1.2 ROMs - but I got fed up of the bloatware.

Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeetu:
It is working on 4.1.2 only not with 4.2.2 IMO.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] say170:
per the first post in that thread, there's a version for 4.3 and 4.2.2. i've tried both and I have the same problem. I don't really want to revert back to stock rom, but I may have to :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadiecx:
Help me with odin. I tried to flash stock firmware via odin but when i put the file into its specific location such as PDA.CSC.AND MODEM. Its just going nothing. I mean nothing happen the boxes in the odin flasher is empty the file refuse to be put on that boxes of odin flasher.. whats the problem?? Any one guide me how to solve this?? My phone keeps on rebooting after i flashed rafael kernel. So i need to go to stack firmware.. pls help....
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psuedodevil:
Your file may be corrupted. try to download again & flash normally.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adisawant:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552792

go here. You will get the proper files.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] emckai:
Not sure whether or not this is actually a EFS backup. It just showed up in my External SD card and it's named 'efs.tar.gz' and it's only about 5kB. What does the EFS folder contain? I have folders such as bluetooth, WiFi, IMEI, carrier, etc.

Is it necessary to do a EFS backup nowadays?

How would I do an EFS backup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] markbc01:
Yes, DO make a backup of your EFS folder. Find the folder on your phone (I am away from my phone right now, but I believe it is a folder off of the root directory). You can easily find this folder (on a rooted phone) by using a file manager app-- then copy the entire folder and keep one copy of it on your SD card and keep ANOTHER copy of the EFS folder on your desktop computer or off-phone on a disk.

There are several threads here by folks who have lost their EFS folders or some setting on their phones, which can only be re-aligned by the data stored in the EFS folder. I believe at least some of the data is unique to your own phone, so it can't just be copied from another phone without some effects.

EFS folder seems like a small thing until it is gone. Then it really is a major pain in the neck to recover. MAKE YOUR OWN BACKUP COPIES of it now. Please search some threads --usingthe term EFS! -- and you will see more details about the effects of corrupt or missing EFS files.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
Good advice, but I think more than just the EFS folder itself needs to be backed up in order to be able to restore EFS information to the phone if needed. Backing up or making a copy of the actual EFS "folder" is only part of the equation. TWRP variants usually offer an option to properly back up EFS and I have also seen several apps on the market, but I have not personally tried any of them. If anyone has any experience in methods to back up and restoring the EFS information to the phone please post your experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] emckai:
So basically all I have to do is copy the efs folder located in the /~ directory and memorize the permissions. And if anything happens I can just restore that folder and the set the permissions back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] markbc01:
yikes. . . not so sure (anymore) that a copy/paste and a chmod will be enough. . . A quick search for recover ESF provides numerous results inside XDA.

It seems that there are several methods to doing an effective backup of ESF data (and by effective, it means more than our copy folders!). The below thread by @tamirda offers several techniques for the I9500 model of the S4! This ESF process does seem to be "kind of" phone-specific, but perhaps some processes are fungible among all models.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2392632

From my quick (as yet unfinished) reading of some of the threads, it seems good to also know your IMEI #, independent of the ESF folder. Also --as @scott14719 stated--- there *is* more to it than just replacing the folder contents :confused:

@emckai, before you question, I was sanguine just having the folder backed up -now I am not. So thank you for asking this question! The answer is more than I thought!

Already I hit Play and downloaded/tried one of the programs. It loaded and "backed up" my ESF folder -then hot booted. However, I have not trashed my ESF data to test it :eek: so I will have to wait and see. (Some of the comments made it sound not so promising.)

But it also seems Odin can backup the ESF/IMEI data and restore it as well! I was going to see if Mobile Odin could do this too but I am running a 4.3 rom and Mobile Odin does not work so well on 4.3 yet..

Thanks. . .I have some more reading to do to protect my ESF :victory:

Edit: not sure, but perhaps that tar file for your ESF might be left there from an original Odin Flash of a kernel or rom. . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] emckai:
Yeah I did some reading also around the XDA forums and some information found on Google but the information I found wasn't that useful; mostly because it was device specific.

After looking inside the EFS folder, each file had it's own permission which would cause a headache at the end.

Doesn't TWRP recovery have the option to backup the EFS folder? But it would be the same thing? Because apparently there are 2 blocks on the device where the IMEI information is stored and whenever something happens to the EFS folder or one of the blocks, it'll trigger on the Samsung boot screen and restore whatever is contained inside those blocks.

There is a lot of misinformation going around stating about EFS so I'm just left confused.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Hey So I thought I fixed my notification light but noticed it only works when it wants to is this a problem with kit Kat ? Or just my phone and how do we fix this to work everytime ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emerica243:
Blinks every 10 seconds by default, useless. Use lightflow to control it with your apps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Mine only blinks sometimes with texts emails and so on. I know it's 10 second intervals but someone's it did nothing at all
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taranis:
Hi,

I'm using CrDroid ROM (based on CM10.2) with "Gem Flat" theme. I'd like to get same status bar and nav bar as in official 4.4, it that possible?

I've just managed to get transparent navbar (built-in feature in CrDroid), but going from the app drawer to the main screen is not smooth (changing navbar color).

Do you have any ideas for 4.4 status bar or/and better navbar transparency feature?

Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
I have this on my LGP970 and would like in on my Nexus 5. Wondering if anyone would have this kicking around. I dont know how to get it off of the phone. I'm not rooted just stock
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] gaosphappy:
THIS ?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
Tried that over and over. This is called Vagabond. Not Vagabonds
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] apristel:
Here are all the stock ringtones and notifications... I didn't see vagabond in there though...maybe i missed it..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18780368&postcount=11
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
Thanks. I looked at this also. No where to be found. Im not having any luck
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] spazzwig:
Can you not pull it directly off your LGP970? E.g. "adb pull /path/to/ringtone"
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
I'm not rooted. How do I do that?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] tulongest:
Turn on USB Debugging and then go to your SDK dir and run that adb command from up there.

If you don't know what those are, follow the first five steps of this tutorial
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
All is good bud. Found the ringtone. Only took three days. LOL
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mrakifa:
Mind sharing?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] maamdroid:
Yeah, you gotta share it now :)

I'm curious to hear it.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyrman:
Here you go bud
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] Jamolah:
I've noticed when I play HD videos on YouTube with my CS968 I get a lot of Buffering. The video actually buffers completely but every few seconds it stops (like it's buffering) . This happens mainly with youtube, Netflix doesn't have this issue.

I do have very slow Internet 7Mbps, but the most I can get is 2Mbps. The CS968 is connect by ethernet cable.

Any suggestions?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] Jamolah:
Any help ?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] c0nvict:
Try changing the channel on your router. It worked for me
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] hanu_blr:
even i noticed the same with HD videos on youtube. On my wifi router channel is set to auto, so every time i reboot, i get a new channel. But no change ! :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jono400:
Help!!!

trying to help my dad unlock his newly purchased secondhand spv m2000 /XDA11i, there seems to be a problem with the phone as the phone will appear to dial out but will not actually call out, just keeps displaying " dialling " the phone will on other occasions try to dial out but will be cut off after 2 seconds.

in the phones settings it shows the outgoing call as 0 hours, 0 mins, 2 seconds but this cannot be changed - is this relevant to the 2 second cut off problem ??

lastly hopefully if he can get the phone working he wants it unlocked to all networks, tried clicking on the relevant file download on this site but keeps comming up age unavailable - anyone know what happening and if the file is indeed still the required file ??

the code on his phone is " NM8 blueangel " is this okay to unlock with the aid off the unlocking download file off this site??

have suggested to him the phone may infact be blocked ?? would this be the cause off the above problems if this indeed was the case ??

any advice/ suggestions would certainly be much appreciatted.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jono400:
Just been advised from dad that there apperas to be no network connection at all on this phone probably hence the reason it attempts to dial out but infact does not !!

is there possibly a setting that he may have adjusted that is caused this problem ?? really does both off us stumped !!

anyone any suggestions at all what could be wrong ??
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
I've had my note 3 for a few weeks now and having come from an s1, s2, s3 and s4 I'm finding I get fc's and freezes in pretty basic android features.

1. My settings > volume controls froze yesterday

2. the flip board widget wouldn't open the flip board page then hung the phone this morning.

3. just now ending a call froze instead of hanging up, then gave an error procees com.android.phone (or similar) is not responding.

Is this knox messing with stuff or just a buggy stock rom (mj7)?

Obviously a factory reset is the next step but I'm interested to know if anyone else finding their's is doing weird stuff that never happened on previous devices?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidlover287:
I have not had such a bad problem like that with my device, A few crashes here and there (1 a week) but that's to be expected from android..I can from an S2.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jontysoper:
Hi,

I've had my N3 since release and no issues even following a few updates. However following a patch I believe it's always good to perform a full wipe and restore, and I think patch 3 or 6 was big! I had no issues with my S2 yet my Father took it on but had to factory wipe even though I'd done the same before handing it over (now works fine).

Hope this helps.

Jonty.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
OK thanks, so maybe needs a reset. Never had issues like this after updates on other devices before. Hope its not going to be on a regular basis.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jontysoper:
Hopefully just a one-off. I've never had to factory reset yet after an update but the awareness is always there just in case.

Keep us posted?

Jonty.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrewtst:
Did you install Wanam Xposed framework and use Center Clock at Status Bar? If yes, return back to original right side will solved the problem.

The center clock no longer work properly since MJ6, most obvious is FC your phone after end call.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
No its stock and unrooted. My a alarm clock crashed last night and just now I had to reboot to get my phone signal to be seen. Will do a factory reset tonight. I'm hoping that due to no one else commenting with issues, that will fix it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kiruba8:
After rooting my S4 signal is 20% week then B 4 , ANY one know Why is doing that .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
Rooting alone should have no affect one way or the other.

☞ Sent from here☜???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
It's more than it shouldn't. It's guarenteed that it doesn't.

It's very hard to mess with the signal strength through anything you install, even with root access.

You could mess it up by flashing an incorrect modem through Odin (but you'd probably have bigger problems than weak signal)

Three things jump to mind as possible answers to this.

1) You had 4G disabled before and re-enabled it after rooting. 4G will be a weaker signal than 3G.

2) You are measuring the pre-rooting signal strength from one spot and the post rooting signal strength from another spot. Even different rooms of your house can have VASTLY different signals.

3) You haven't done anything wrong and T Mobile just happens to be messing with a twoer in your area at the same time you rooted your phone. (You'd be shocked how often this coincidence actually happens)

If I was a gambling man I'd guess option2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaskwith:
So I would like anyone's opinion or else if they have experience that would be great too:

I currently have VZW service and am deploying in the near future. They have given us memos to use in order to break any contracts currently open before we deploy. My questions is would they honor the memo if I transfer my number to a different service, and then send them the memo so they will wave the cancellation fee. I know I'm deploying so I won't need my phone but it would be nice to take advantage of the deployment orders and get away from vzw if possible and maintain my number. Thoughts? Experiences?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Watoy:
It's a 50/50 I think. But I think they will allow it. Would give them a quick call if anything it won't hurt
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] roaddog665:
I can't really answer your question, but just wanted to say Godspeed and come home safe! And thank you for your service!

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaskwith:
Called vzw with my deployment orders and they won't release my number. They will cancel the service completely and wave the cancellation fee just not allow me to port my number. I wanted to put my number on my families plan while I'm gone so I don't have to worry about **** but vzw has other plans. Think I might still use deployment to get out of vzw while I can.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peu4000:
Apex has a feature for gestures on the home screen(not using it now, for obvious reasons), for example: I would drag my finger up to open the app drawer. Anyone know of something than can provide similar features without having to replace the launcher?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Actionx1:
Try this, it might be what your looking for.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo

This is something I recommend to everyone, but it requires root I think.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

Nexus ONE